Development proposal · 18 August 2026

Stillpoint
Bushveld

A five-star retreat for private mental restoration, thoughtfully packaged for delivery.

Prepared for Yusuf Bhana and consortium Limpopo, South Africa

Conceptual artist's impression. No site or design approval is implied.

The opportunity

A compelling idea. The next job is to make it investable.

The consortium wants to create an ultra-private bushveld retreat where high-pressure lives can slow down, recover and reset.

The early brief combines luxury hospitality, daytime talk therapy and nature-based restoration in Limpopo. The landowner will allocate 5 hectares of the site to the project, giving the consortium a defined starting point for feasibility, project packaging and commercial structuring.

The site

A 5-hectare allocation in the Limpopo bushveld.

The footage provides an early view of the wider site. The precise allocation boundary, land rights, access, services and development constraints will be confirmed during inception and pre-feasibility.

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Private restoration

Discreet care for executives, high-net-worth guests and international wellness travellers seeking time away from sustained stress and burnout.

Hospitality, not a ward

Luxury eco-chalets, spa and hydrotherapy facilities, trails and yoga decks. Clinical sessions take place during the day in private consultation suites.

Clear operating boundaries

Talk therapy only. No overnight hospital stays and no medication stored, dispensed or administered on the property, subject to legal and clinical confirmation.

Faith-conscious service

Separate certified Halaal and Kosher kitchen arrangements, combined with high-trust privacy, security and travel coordination.

The development model

Separate ownership, development and operations.

One project. Distinct roles. Shared standards.

Farm owner

Retains the land and grants long-term development rights through an agreed lease, participation or hybrid structure.

Project developer

Packages the project, raises capital, procures the professional team, builds the assets and protects the investment case.

Specialist operators

Hospitality, clinical care and VIP travel are run by separate, qualified operators under one guest promise and governance framework.

This structure is the consortium's current hypothesis. Land, clinical, hospitality, tax, regulatory and commercial advice must test it before adoption.

Where the project stands

The project is at concept stage. That is precisely where disciplined development work creates the most value.

No acquisition, design, operator appointment, regulatory route, capital structure or development budget is yet confirmed in the brief. Moving straight to architecture or fundraising would harden assumptions before they have been tested.

NowConcept and land allocation

NextPre-feasibility and packaging

ThenCapital and partner mobilisation

LaterDesign, approvals and delivery

How Akoma can engage

The Akoma Consultancy Engine, tailored to this project.

Start with the decision in front of you. Add the next stage only when the evidence supports it.

01 · Diagnose

Audit or sprint

A Funding-Readiness Audit scores an existing project pack. Where the pack does not yet exist, a Feasibility Sprint frames the deal, tests the first risks and sets a go or no-go path.

Recommended start: Feasibility Sprint

02 · Develop

Concept development

Turn the validated brief into a coherent retreat concept, accommodation and service mix, operator structure and stakeholder presentation.

03 · Prove

Feasibility and model

Build the development case: site and market evidence, costs, operating assumptions, financial model, sensitivities, programme and risk register.

04 · Package

Investment case

Prepare an investment memorandum and fundraising documents as a standalone mandate, or combine the full feasibility, model, capital strategy and impact case in a Capital-Unlock Pack.

A proposed route for Stillpoint Bushveld.

Four fixed-scope stages, each ending in a decision-ready output.

1Feasibility SprintInception and first risks

Turn the consortium's idea and 5-hectare allocation into a clear development hypothesis and an evidence plan.

Consortium objectives, decision rights and success criteria
Land allocation, title, access, services and planning desktop review
Clinical, hospitality and operating-pathway screen
Initial market scan, risk register and go or no-go criteria

2Concept DevelopmentProduct and structure

Shape the retreat around what the land, market, operators and regulatory route can support.

Development brief, accommodation mix and guest proposition
Operator, lease, management and land-participation options
Illustrative concept and phased development logic
Stakeholder presentation and next-stage information brief

3Feasibility Study and Financial ModelViability

Test whether the preferred concept can become a viable, financeable development.

Demand, competitor, pricing and source-market study
Capital and operating cost plan
Financial model, scenarios and sensitivity testing
Risk register, programme and decision-ready feasibility report

4Capital-Unlock PackInvestment preparation

Bring the feasibility, model and funding case together for serious operator, investor and development-finance conversations.

Capital strategy and investment memorandum
Investor or development-finance documentation
Impact framework, supporting schedules and data room
Operator, funder and partner mobilisation support

Commercial framework

Clear scope before commitment.

Each stage has a fixed professional fee, defined output, decision gate and agreed revision limit.

The delivery clock starts when the agreed project information and client decisions are available.

Third-party specialists and studies are approved in advance and contracted transparently.

Development management is a separate follow-on appointment for design, approvals, funding conditions and pre-construction.

This proposal sets the engagement structure, not a rate card. Fees, timing, exclusions and payment milestones will be agreed for the selected first stage. Akoma does not guarantee a funding outcome. Any performance-linked fee is excluded unless it is separately scoped and cleared for this transaction. The Consultancy Engine's AI Delivery Install is a post-engagement add-on and is not included here.

Relevant work

Completed advisory work and active developments.

Akoma's advice is shaped by projects that have had to clear real land, viability, funding and delivery gates.

Active development

Linbro Gardens · Johannesburg

From regenerative idea to funded project preparation.

R23.9mDBSA Green Fund pre-construction capital facility secured

Akoma built the financial model and fundraising case and continues to coordinate planning, design, costing, market evidence and low-carbon feasibility for a mixed-income development of 300 apartments. The work remains in project preparation and active fundraising.

Underway · Stage 1 delivered

Haarties · North West

A waterfront landholding organised into a risk-first development programme.

As appointed Development Manager, Akoma completed the Stage 1 site and constraints report, established one coordination route for the professional team and defined six third-party verifications that must clear before market analysis and concept development proceed.

Current value: fewer hidden assumptions and a controlled route into the next stage.

Delivered advisory

Karibu Community Care Centre · eThekwini

Design, financial modelling and funding documents brought into one project case.

Akoma's mandate combined design work, financial models and a funding document for the community care centre. A City of eThekwini senior manager said the work would support the project's future sustainability and pursuit of additional funding.

Relevant lesson: the concept, model and funding story work best as one connected package.

Status labels reflect current Akoma records. Linbro remains in project preparation and fundraising. Haarties remains gated before Stage 2. Karibu is presented as delivered advisory work; no funding outcome is attributed to Akoma.

Working title

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